Infected with W32.Blaster Worm. Cannot use tools to remove it - tools say they are infected. Tried to use Knoppix to execute the Symantec removal tool from a flash drive but my Linux isn't that good. HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I either need a tool that will actually run or a way to make Knoppix run the binary tool.

Infected with W32.Blaster Worm. Cannot use tools to remove it - tools say they are infected.

Try this:

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Please download and run the below tool named Rkill (courtesy of BleepingComputer.com) which may help allow other programs to run.
There are 4 different versions. If one of them won't run then download and try to run the other one.

Vista and Win7 users need to right click and choose Run as Administrator

You only need to get one of them to run, not all of them. You may get warnings from your antivirus about this tool, ignore them or shutdown your antivirus.

It should take a couple minutes to run. You will see a black command prompt window while it is running and it should close when it is finished. Once it finishes, attach the c:\avplog.txt file that is will hopefully create as long as the malware does not block the batch file from running. (See: HOW TO: Attach Items To Your Post )

The C:\ assumes that drive C is you Windows boot drive. If you boot from another drive, then use the correct drive letter above.

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